Hesdy Gerges

Hesdy Gerges
Born Hesdy Gerges
(1984-02-20) February 20, 1984
Netherlands
Other names Fighterheart[1]
Nationality

Dutch

Egyptian
Ethnicity Copt
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight 110.6 kg (244 lb; 17.42 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Reach 77.2 in (196 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team Chakuriki Gym (2005–2013)
Vos Gym (2013–present)
Trainer Thom Harinck[2]
Rene Rooze[2]
Years active 8 (2003–present)
Kickboxing record
Total 68
Wins 49
By knockout 23
Losses 18
By knockout 7
Draws 1
Other information
Spouse Denise Kielholtz
last updated on: November 19, 2015

Hesdy Gerges (Arabic: حصدى جرجس‎‎  pronounced [ˈħesˤdi ˈɡeɾɡes]; born February 20, 1984)[3] is a Dutch kickboxer of Coptic-Egyptian descent, fighting out of the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He held the It's Showtime World Heavyweight title until January 28, 2012. Gerges has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions and is currently signed to GLORY. As of 28 September 2016, he is ranked the #9 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.[4]

Biography and career

Born in the Netherlands, he began training in kickboxing in 2001. He joined the Chakuriki Gym and trained under Thom Harinck who has also trained Badr Hari. Gerges was a notorious delinquent outside of the ring who, according to Harinck, was even worse than Badr Hari.[5]

On October 17, 2009 at Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights in Amsterdam he defeated Ruslan Karaev by unanimous decision.

On May 29, 2010 at It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam he won the It's Showtime Heavyweight title after being fouled by Badr Hari.

On October 2 Gerges was a fan voted fighter to fight at the K-1 Final 16 in Seoul, South Korea. He fought four-time and current champion Semmy Schilt. Although fighting very well in the 1st and 3rd round against the much favored Schilt Gerges lost by Majority decision. Because he was only two points away from a draw and had battered the legs of Schilt like no other fighter had ever managed to do before he was chosen to fight at the finals on December 11, 2010 in a reserve fight against Yusuke Fujimoto. This was Fujimoto's retirement match and Gerges won by TKO (3 knockdowns).[6]

However, in 2011 Gerges was not over impressive in his performances, despite going 2-1 by beating Daniel Ghiță and Chris Knowles. He lost to Rico Verhoeven by a narrow split decision in a superfight at the SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club.

On January 28, 2012 he lost to Ghiță in the rematch, by first round knockout. As a result, he lost his Showtime Heavyweight Title.[7]

He faced Sergei Lascenko at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16 on October 14, 2012.[8][9] He was able to block the majority of Lascenko's punches while battering the Ukrainian with low kicks, and took the unanimous decision victory.[10]

He faced Carter Williams in a non-tournament bout at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22, 2012 and won by a third round knockout.[11]

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final on March 15, 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia, he faced Ismael Londt in the quarter-finals[12] and bowed out from a broken nose in round three after receiving a flying knee from Londt.[13][14]

He defeated Pavel Zhuravlev by unanimous decision at Final Fight Championship 6 in Poreč, Croatia on June 14, 2013.[15][16]

He joined Glory in July 2013.[17]

He lost to Errol Zimmerman by third round TKO in the tournament reserve match at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States on October 12, 2013.[18][19]

He defeated Ewerton Teixeira by unanimous decision at Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[20]

He defeated Jhonata Diniz via second round TKO at Glory 15: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2014.[21][22]

Gerges won via disqualification when he was attacked while downed by Jamal Ben Saddik just seconds into their bout at Qabala Fight Series #1 in Qabala, Azerbaijan on June 29, 2014.[23][24]

Personal life

Gerges is an ethnic Egyptian and Coptic Christian.[25]

Arrest

On February 15, 2011, Hesdy Gerges was arrested in Amsterdam under suspicion of being part of a drug deal involving 128 kg (282 lb) of cocaine.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

His half brother was arrested May 2010 in a warehouse in Belgium that contained 128 kilos of cocaine. Hesdy was already out of the picture in the investigation of 2010, but for some reason the investigation had stalled and he was put back in the picture on February 15, 2011. There was no cocaine or any weapons found in Hesdy residence. His trainer, Thom Harinck spoke with the Dutch Metro News on February 21, and outright said, "Hesdy has been framed. He wakes up at 7:30, at 10:00am he trains with me, rests in the afternoon, then in the evening does strength and conditioning and is in bed by 10:00 PM. I cannot imagine that he still would have time for things like this."[33][34]

On February 25, 2011, Hesdy Gerges was released from Belgium police.[35]

At the beginning of May 2011, Hesdy was extradited to Belgium to be dealt with as the Belgian authorities suspected that the trafficking ring was going through Belgium. On May 13, 2011, Hesdy was released again and stays with his claim that he is 100% innocent."[36][37] Gerges sentenced to 54 months in prison following cocaine conviction.[38]

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Fighter profile". www.superleague.tv. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. 1 2 "zoekresultaten | Holland Media Combinatie". Echo.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ Archived January 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ [hhttp://liverkick.com/index.php/rankings "Rankings"]. liverkick.com.
  5. ↑ "エラー - J SPORTS". jsports.co.jp.
  6. ↑ Archived September 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Daniel Ghita Flattens Hesdy Gerges to Win It's Showtime Heavyweight Title". LiverKick.com.
  8. ↑ Dave Walsh. "K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled". LiverKick.com.
  9. ↑ Rian Scalia. "K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14". LiverKick.com.
  10. ↑ Dave Walsh. "K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results". LiverKick.com.
  11. ↑ Rian Scalia. "SuperKombat WGP 2012 Final Live Results, Watch Here". LiverKick.com.
  12. ↑ Rian Scalia. "K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups". LiverKick.com.
  13. ↑ Dave Walsh. "K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 Live Results". LiverKick.com.
  14. ↑ Patrick L. Stumberg (15 March 2013). "K-1 World Grand Prix Final 8 results and LIVE kickboxing coverage from Zagreb, Croatia TODAY (March 15)". MMAmania.com.
  15. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Final Fight 06: Gerges vs. Zhuravlev on June 14th". LiverKick.com.
  16. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Final Fight 06 Results". LiverKick.com.
  17. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Hesdy Gerges and Ben Edwards to Fight for GLORY". LiverKick.com.
  18. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Hesdy Gerges vs. Errol Zimmerman Added to GLORY 11 Chicago". LiverKick.com.
  19. ↑ Dave Walsh. "GLORY 11 Chicago Live Results and Discussion". LiverKick.com.
  20. ↑ Dave Walsh. "GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers". LiverKick.com.
  21. ↑ Archived April 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140413160704/http://fightsportasia.com/2014/04/13/glory-15-resultspictures-saki-wins-title-spong-suffers-horrific-leg-injury/. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "LiverKick - Qabala Fight Series #1 Results".
  24. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "LiverKick - Qabala Fight Series #1 Videos".
  25. ↑ "Badr Hari waarschuwt Gerges". telegraaf.nl.
  26. ↑ "Topvechter in cel om drugs". Parool.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  27. ↑ "Kickbokskampioen Gerges cel in om drugshandel". Trouw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-01-25.<
  28. ↑ "K1-vechter Hesdy Gerges vast voor drugshandel". www.at5.nl.
  29. ↑ "K1-kampioen gepakt voor cocaïnehandel". telegraaf.nl.
  30. ↑ "K1 vechter Hesdy Gerges vast voor cocainehandel". Ad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  31. ↑ "Kickbokser verdacht van handel in 128 kilo cocaïne". Elsevier.
  32. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Hesdy Gerges Arrested For Drug Trafficking". Liverkick.com.
  33. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Hesdy Gerges to Be Released Within the Week, Says Thom Harinck". Liverkick.com.
  34. ↑ "Gerges is er ingeluisd". Metronieuws. 21 February 2011.
  35. ↑ Dave Walsh. "It's Official: Hesdy Gerges Will Be Released and Fight Daniel Ghita on March 6th". LiverKick.com.
  36. ↑ Rian Scalia. "Hesdy Gerges Released Again". LiverKick.com.
  37. ↑ "Kickbokser Hesdy Gerges op vrije voeten". www.at5.nl.
  38. ↑ Fraser Coffeen (22 November 2014). "Hesdy Gerges cut from Glory, sentenced to 54 months in jail following cocaine conviction". Bloody Elbow.
  39. ↑ "WKN France: Gregory Tony Set For Three International Kickboxing Clashes". worldkickboxingnetwork.com. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  40. ↑ MIXFIGHT. "Jahfarr Wilnis wereld kampioen in China! - MIXFIGHT".
  41. ↑ "Round1Network » Gerges en Wilnis bereiken halve finale in China". round1network.com.
  42. ↑ "Croring Magazine - Vijest - Hesdy Gerges pobijedio na Kunlun Fightu". croring.com.

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